Distal-to-proximal representation of volar index finger in human area 3b

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 696-700

  Hlushchuk, Yevhen ^a   Forss, Nina ^a,b   Hari, Riitta ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitectonic area 3b; Distal to proximal finger representation; Human; Magnetoencephalography; Primary somatosensory cortex; Tactile stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INDEX FINGER; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 1242293818     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.09.064     Document Type: Article

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